Re-considering The Relations Between Contemporary Chinese Basic Education And Its Cultural Tradition

The cultural tradition is the basis of a nation. In more than one century, the Chinese cultural tradition was once the aim which was animadvert on and that part of the nation even tried to slam the door of our life to it. However, as a result of the penetrating pervading character of culture and the inimitable open character of Chinese culture, our cultural tradition is still with us today.The structure of culture contains surface and deep-seated layers. People are always surrounded by the surface layer that can be easily seen and felt, and which penetrates every part of people's life. Through life practice, the cultural information carried by them will become the spiritual part of life gradually, and thus forms the mental construct of a nation. The transition between culture and life engenders the culture's characteristics of endogenesis, stability and creativity.The development of Chinese culture in the feudal era makes it widely accepted by both elites and the masses on account of using the same language, the long-last imperial examinations tradition and the intelligentsia's pursuit of making ancient China a peaceful and wealthy country, which made it more energetic to assimilate cultures of different characters.In social life, children possess the culture mainly by way of his family and the school. In the developing of children's cultural skema, the special "relationship" plays an important part. The relations between children and the people who are related to them influence the children directly or indirectly, obviously or latently, among which are negative factors and positive factors.Under the background of social transform, basic education should not only transfer the knowledge accumulated in the history of human race, but also give contribute to the innovation of culture. By changing children's way of school life, we can help them find new ways to view the world, themselves, the groups they are related to and the others. "New Basic Education" has tried to integrate individuality with collectivity through children's class-activities and integrate learning knowledge with moral growth through the students' active involvement in class-teaching, both of which are based on the consideration of Chinese cultural tradition.